Protector-plate for shovels.



No. 767,739. PATENTED AUG. 16, 1904. W. W. DAVIS.

PROTECTOR PLATE FOR SHOVELS.

APPLIGATION FILED NOV. 30, 1905;.

NO MODEL.

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WILLIAM W. DAVIS, OF BALDWIN, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO GEORGEF. DUFFING, OF BALDWIN, MICHIGAN.

PROTECTOR-PLATE FOR SHOVELS.

SPECIFIGATION forming part of Letters Patent N0. 767,739, dated August16, 1904.

Application filed November 80, 1903. Serial No. 183,219. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM W. DAVIS, a citizen of the United States,residing at Baldwin, in the county of Lake and State of Michigan, haveinvented a new and useful Protector-Plate for Shovels, of which thefollowing is a specification. V

This invention relates to guards for shovels, and particularly to adetachable device which can be easily applied to an ordinary shovelwithout altering the shovel or requiring the services of a mechanic.

The device is a step-piece or boot-protector which can be easilyappliedon railroad-shovels, and it is especially advantageous in use whenemployed in connection with tamping, whereby the foot or foot-coveringis efficiently protected from contact with the shovel.

The peculiar novel construction of the device will be specifically setforth in the following description and illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, in which Figure 1 is a plan view of a shovel, showing myinvention applied. Fig. 2 is a sectional view on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1.Fig. 3 is a sectional view on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1, and

Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view of one of:

, to permit the guard to be guided upon the shovel-blade. The flangesnear the opposite end of the plate assume positions in approximateparallelism to each other, with their free edges slightly inclinedtoward one another, so that when the plate is guided upon the shovel theflanges will grip the blade and eflectually prevent accidentaldisplacement of the guard. If desired, a spur 7 may be cast upon thewide end of the plate 1 to be driven into the handle of the shovel toeffectually prevent a longitudinal movement of the guard. Thisconstruction will be quite enough to insure the proper attachment of theshovel and guard, although, if desired, a perforated ear 10 may be castupon the flanges, whereby the guard can be fastened to the shovel.

Of course it is to be understood that the guards are to be made inrights and lefts, so that either or both sides of the top of the shovelmay be supplied therewith.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is- A device of theclass described comprising a plate which is increased in width at oneend and provided with an integral spur at its wide end, integral flangesextending throughout the opposite edges of the plate and convergedtoward their outer edges, said flanges following the edges of the plateand thereby diverged at the wide end of the plate, one of the flangeshaving an intermediate perforate ear projected atthe outer edge thereof.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto aflixedmy signature in I the presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM W. DAVIS.

